Jackie Stewart is the executive editor of American Banker Magazine. Previously, she covered breaking news, community banks and mergers and acquisitions for American Banker before being named as the managing editor of the Credit Union Journal. After graduating from Northwestern University in 2006, Jackie taught for two years in the Bronx, N.Y., through Teach for America.
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CM) has agreed to buy Griffis & Small, an energy advisory firm in Houston.
Leslie Lunak, an M&A expert who has been at BankUnited since 2010, will be promoted to chief financial officer early next year.
Northfield Bancshares in Minnesota has raised almost $3.8 million through a common stock offering.
Four months after the Portland, Ore., company lost a deal in the state to a higher bidder, Umpqua has agreed to buy Circle Bancorp in Novato, Calif., for about $25million.
It took just three months for Orrstown Financial Services (ORRF) to find a new chief financial officer, but the move could not have come too soon.
GoldenSource, a provider of enterprise data management software for the financial services industry, has launched a dashboard and data visualization product aimed at driving efficient regulatory reporting.
New Jersey bank hopes to better match staff with customer traffic at its branches.
First Community Financial Partners in Joliet, Ill., will combine its four banks under a single charter to increase the availability of products at each one.
BB&T will have seven new (sort of) faces on its board next year when the company expands to 19 directors from 15 and replaces three retirees.
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has released PVF Capital's (PVFC) bank unit from an enforcement order after the Solon, Ohio, bank met capital requirements.
Naugatuck Valley Financial (NVSL) in Connecticut is expecting to record its third consecutive quarterly loss after writing down roughly $5.3 million on five loans during the current quarter.
BB&T Insurance Services in Raleigh, N.C., has added supplemental unemployment insurance to its online product offerings.
Peter Humphrey is immediately retiring from the bank its holding company to spend more time with family and pursue other interests.
BB&T (BBT) will close 21 branches as it works to ingrate the recently acquired BankAtlantic into its operations.
S&T Bank in Indiana, Pa., has expanded its commercial loan business into northeast Ohio by opening an office in Akron.
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has issued an enforcement order against Citizens First National Bank that requires the Princeton, Ill., bank to become adequately capitalized or sell itself.
Jacksonville Bancorp (JAXB) plans to raise up to $50 million by selling securities to a group of investors led by the Florida company's biggest shareholder.
Ventura County Credit will use the company's per-closed-loan pricing model.
Independent Bank in Rockland, Mass., has filed a shelf registration to raise up to $125 million.
First National Community Bancorp in Dunmore, Pa., reported a bigger loss for the first six months of the year compared with 2011 largely because of lower noninterest income.
